I have had a disaster! My beautiful female Red Phase pickeringii has died.
After such a slow start, having to assist feed her because she wouldn't eat, then gradually getting her onto a varied diet. Since then she had gone from strength to strength and was almost 30 inches long, and one of my most reliable feeders. I was planning to breed from her next year, as I believe my pair to be the only red phase in the UK.
I came home from work tonight and noticed an unpleasant smell..... I recognised it straight away. She had (somehow!) managed to force her way inside the strip light fitting, where she then became wedged. The heat of the transformer killed her, and slowly cooked her all day until I came home.
I'm gutted.
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii, Red Phase, sub-adult female.
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Thread: Puget girl, dead.
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07-01-2009, 12:46 PM #1Moderator
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Puget girl, dead.
James.
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07-01-2009, 12:51 PM #2matris ut plures
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
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07-01-2009, 12:52 PM #3Mr Thamnophis
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Re: Puget girl, dead.
oh man, sorry for your loss!!! what a beautiful snake
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07-01-2009, 01:01 PM #4Forum Moderator
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Damn. I'm so sorry to hear that.
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07-01-2009, 01:18 PM #5"Preparing For Fourth shed"
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Oh, James, I'm so sorry! She was so beautiful!
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07-01-2009, 01:23 PM #6Ophiuchus rhea
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oh damn, James, what a horrible way to loose your snake too
I am so sorry
she was lovely and you must be ripped up over thisrhea
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07-01-2009, 01:30 PM #7Thamnophis inspectus
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Oh man.
I'm so sorry James. ):
It sucks losing one of those fighters. :/0.1 Storeria dekayi
Hoping to get some T. s. sirtalis High-Reds next summer!
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07-01-2009, 01:38 PM #8"Third shed, A Success"
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James, that sucks! I am sorry to hear of her passing.
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07-01-2009, 01:40 PM #9Moderator
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Re: Puget girl, dead.
My fault of course. I guess I failed to seal up all the possible entry holes into the fitting.
James.
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07-01-2009, 01:58 PM #10"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Oh no! What a beautiful girl, so sorry she's gone.
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